Clasp.



' .1. NORDSETH.

CLASP. APPLlCATlON FILED IULY 19.191]-v Patented-Mar. 26

' @pgu HALFDAN J. nonnsn'rn, or CHICAGO,

CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS, Assrenon ILLInois, a Conronarron.

CLASP.

Application led July 19, 1917. Serial No. 181,463.

To all whom z' may concern:

Be it known that I, HALFDAN J. NoRDsETH, a subject of the King ofNorway, residing in hicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and use- Improvements in Clasps, of which I declarethefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

e present invention, while designed more particularly to provide animproved clasp for arm bands, will be found adapted to various otherarticles in which it may be desired to provide a covered clasp of thecharacter hereinafter described. Prior to my present invention, it hasbeen the practice to form an arm band by first joining the ends of theelastic strip of which the band is composed by means of a metal clip andthen covering this clip with a metal clasp of ornamental character. Theuse of such a metal clasp has been found objectiona le, however, notmerely because it tends to discolor or tarnish the shirt sleeves, butalso because the metal does not always harmonize with the material ofwhich the arm band is formed.

he object of my present invention is to rovide a covered metal clasp,the covering eing of any desired fabric and being held in such mannerthat it cannot be displaced and its raw edges are not exposed. To thisend, the invention consists in the features of improvement hereinafterdescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and particularlypointed out in the claims at the end of this specication.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an arm band having my inventionapplied thereto. Fig. 2 is a view of the body of the arm band showingone way in which its ends may be connected together before my improvedclasp is applied thereto. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing themanner of forming the covered clasp. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3but showing the ends of the fabric covering folded on to the body of theclasp. Fig. 5 is a detail end view of the clasp ready to be applied foruse. Fig. 6 is a view in cross section on line 6 6 of Fig. l..

Referring to the specific embodiment of the invention shown in theaccompanying drawing, A. designates the body of the arm Speccation ofLetters Patent.

Patented Mar. 26, iwi.

band that may be formed of any suitable elastic material; B denotes theusual metal clip by which the ends of the elastic band are joinedtogether, and C denotes a bow of ribbon, or like ornamental material,that may be placed over the united ends of the elastic band before myimproved clasp D is applied thereto.

The body portion S of my improved clasp consists of a metal strip ofsuitable length adapted to .encircle the clip B and J[he joined ends ofthe band A, or other material to be inclosed by the clasp. This metalstrip 8 is inclosed bv a covering 9 of flexible material, such as silkor like fabric. In forming my improved clasp, the fabric covering 9 iscut of somewhat greater length than the length of the strip S and ofsufticient width to more or less completely en circle the strip, theedges of the fabric being brought approximately together after it haseen passed around the strip, upon what will be the inside of the metalstrip when the latter is bent, .as shown in Fig. 3, to form the improvedclasp. The edges of the fabric may be attached together or to the.

strip, if desired, by paste or glue. the fabric covering 9 has beenfolded about the metal strip, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing, thebody of the covered strip will e bent, as indicated in Fig. 5, and theends of the fabric covering 9 that extend beyond the ends of the metalstrip 8 will be folded inward. clasp will then b meet, on the inside ofthe my improved joined ends of arm band. lli/Then clasp is thus bentabout the the arm band, as shown in the drawing, it will be seen thatthe free ends of the fabric covering which extend beyond the ends of themetal strip, will be held securely in place between the end portions ofthe clasp and the material which the clasp encircles and the raw edgesof the fabric covering will be concealed.

Having thus described my invention, what claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination with a band, of a claspencircling said band comprising a bent metal strip having a fabriccovering extending around said strip, the ends of said fabric TO A.STEIN & COMPANY, 0F

lill@ covering being folded inward between the adjacent ends of saidstrip and said band.

2. The combination With fi bend 0f 2 claspencircling' said blandcomprising a bent metal strip having a fabric covering of niateriallygreater length than said strip, the ends of said fabric covering beingextended around the ends of said strip and folded inward between theadjacent ends of said strip and said band.

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3. The combination with the material to be inclosed, of a claspcomprising a metal strip bent to'erde material ,ha-vthe edges of whichare npon the inner side of said bent metal strip, the ends of saidfabric covering being extended around the ends of said strip and foldedinward between the adjacent ends of said strip and said band. Y

' A'HLFDAN J. NORDSETH.

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